civilians are caught in the crossfire between al qaeda linked militants and iraqi troops with the conflict being fueled by weapons paid for by. the u.k. government report says its military is under imminent threat because the public no longer knows what it's for be examined how it got to this point in. time and nice you want to make most of the year one hundred percent committed party meets the family behind russia's sled hockey camp captain in our latest report on the national paralympic team preparing to take on all comers at the winter games in sochi.

and welcome here with archie international live from moscow twenty five al-qaeda linked militants have reportedly been killed by an air strike in iraq where government forces are on the offensive against an islamist insurgency well the violence is being fueled by the conflict in neighboring syria with militants apparently surging back and forth across the border at the center of the fight in iraq is the city of solutia that's going to reports residents so far who seemed held during the u.s. occupation now face their own army so salt on the cd the iraqi government has lined up tanks and loaded fighter jets preparing to drive al qaeda linked militants out of the city the u.s. is packing more hellfire missiles and other weapons for the iraqi army to use and everybody knows when the bombing begins there will be blood brian back with me brian so many innocent people ok so he died in terror attacks do you think this.

anti terror assault could turn out to be just as deadly as terror itself it could be even more deadly if the people of fallujah have been through this before in two thousand and four twice the us marines committed huge war crimes against the people of pollution they can be called a kill zone anything that moved was killed when you declare a kill zone you say everything that moves must die everything that moves must be a terrorist everything that moves is a legitimate target who then dies who then suffers it's the people of pollution themselves of course they don't want to live under al qaeda but do they want to live under these kind of military assaults paid for by the united states with arms from the united states carried out by the mohican government which has also been brutal against the residents of fallujah i don't think so crucial question thank you thank you no doubt there is an urgent need to drive these militants out after all how can you allow extremists to run talents again territory expand but then you also have to ask if you see bombing as

a viable option in order to drive extremists out of residential areas how different is it from what bashar assad is doing in washington i'm going to check on r.t. some observers blame washington for paving the way to the strife that's engulfed iraq since the withdrawal of u.s. troops it's clearly the result of the u.s. war in iraq that has given way to the kind of sectarian fighting we're seeing in iraq you know the existence of these sectarian based political parties. led leadership in iraq led by prime minister nouri al maliki was put in power and remains kept in power by the united states who provides the money the arms to keep his government in power that government has been not only incredibly corrupt and not only incredibly incompetent in terms of dealing with the needs of iraq to rebuild from these years of war but also has been incredibly sectarian in terms of

what it makes success of bull to various communities in iraq so you have this scenario where the sunni population which is the minority but large minority in iraq feel completely disenfranchised disempowered disconnected from their own government. washington's tactics in the middle east and beyond is that for debate later in the program in cross talk with peter the valve. we lions is all over the world because of a grand strategy that has been implemented especially since world war two that seeks to dominate the world and so all of our interests according to people in washington rests in every nook and cranny of the globe and we end up paying the governments of smaller nations and arming them and making sure that they are allied with us but it ends up in tangling us in conflicts that are none of our business ok dive in new york would you agree with that or disagree entangling

alliances just too many and it puts u.s. interests all over the world at risk well i think certainly there is a danger of being overcommitted to allies but i think at the moment touch lee far form like precipitating conflict the opposite danger is that many of the us his longtime allies are now questioning the degree to which they can rely on the united states and that might actually encourage them themselves to take more perhaps risky action than they would do if they could rely upon the united states some. people in the u.k. are losing sight of what their own army is for a government report suggests that's one of the greatest threats facing the military according to m.p.'s the winding down of the campaign in afghanistan and a reduced appetite for overseas interventions could lead the public to question whether the army still has a purpose does allusion men is apparently being driven by severe budget cuts in

what is seen as a failure to come up with a long term strategic vision britain which is among the top five military spenders in the world plans to slash personnel numbers by twenty thousand over the next six years our tests are silly investigates. the army's recruiting but applicant numbers are slow to pick up amid thousands of layoffs there's a massive drive to recruit army reservists but leaked mid year army memos revealed the number of people listed and beyond the reserve over a three month period was just three hundred sixty seven barely a quarter of the target the ministry of defense said that after wrapping up the recruitment drive in september there were more than fifteen hundred applicants in the first four weeks and that it's too early to make a conclusion but this young man says he simply can't be convinced my grandparents were in the air force actually during the second world war of the time enjoy it was

not such a bad idea to be joining the forces because they are fighting a war against fascism i don't agree with the way. it's used for. the grass. and this morning when i was arrested to commemorate the conscientious objectors to military service those who would exercise their right to refuse to kill were at the time of the first world war for instance they faced a restaurant jeers from some a society who view them as cowards but times have indeed changed. a decade of fighting in iraq and afghanistan has made the british war weary a most people join the armed forces to be in the peace business not in the war business because it's a threat to their livelihoods nobody wants to be in a war because to be in a war activists have also lashed out at recruitment campaign started at sixteen and seventeen year olds who according to one recent study are more sceptical to

post-traumatic stress disorder at the moment we're asking a sixteen year old who we don't trust to point to drink a pint of beer in the pub we don't trust to fight in a general election we're asking that person to make a very far reaching legal commitment towards a career like having a baby care or an accounting of the ministry of defense says the report completely . nor is the benefits and opportunities that a military career offers young people but for this young man it's a career path he is a ready to change his mind about it's like trying to do the job and you are going to have to show people that if you're joining the army no and you're not going to be brought to shoot people you've done nothing against. the source of your article . joe blanton is a former british soldier who refused to serve a second tour in afghanistan on moral grounds and was thrown into military prison he believes people aren't fed up with the troops but the politicians who send them overseas to fight wars they themselves started because i was with had questions

been the military is just not a forum. it's not the oxford debating society obviously you're just told to crack on and tell the politics have nothing to do with why defense i mean offensive capability and i mean the invasions and the use of drones and special forces which is increasingly the trend clearly people want to be secure. and that's normal people the public generally have a problem with what they have a problem with repeated. operations along the lines of iraq afghanistan libya nearly syria not sympathetic to those in the corridors of power who stall these walls and this is paul the reason why we've seen increasingly the con of the law and. of the military and you can call it the hero was asian and you see this increasingly this very jingoistic kind of building up and placing on a pedestal of military personnel and that from a used to counter the groundswell of popular opposition.

the winter paralympics in sochi will welcome russia's national sledge hockey team for the first chime we've already seen them in training him at their captain sorties margaret howell went to meet the family behind the idea that you can who helped him deal with adversity and become a top level athlete. well four of them so who are going to he's known as the captain of the national paralympic flood talking to here in russia but in this house he's just known as dad. we asked him a dream about his family and the first time he met his wife irene a woman whose we first met when i was in the army serving in this area there was a spark from the very beginning and grew as we dated it you could see it was love at first sight my entire life changed it had a new meaning but another kind of change was coming the two were considering time the not one of a team went off to war where he lost both of his legs i removed into his hospital

room to help with his care and the couple continued with their plan to marry when asked about the proposal irene a said she knew it was coming. well i was expecting the proposal and the wedding day we had a lot of guests and we all had so much fun. but the mood changes a little when we ask our rena how she felt about his and jury. i couldn't believe it for a long time coping with the stress of any injury requires real psychological resilience they both clearly have that in spades he does everything for the family we all feel that he helps people realize that life isn't over everything is possible life goes on. the marriage is stronger than ever and katia became the second woman to change the team's life six years ago. now he's heading for the paralympic games and

that also means leaving his love ones that for the team his two passions in life are never too far from each other but. i really enjoy all the time i get to spend at home because when i'm away in training sessions with the team i miss my family very much it's the same as the game when you sit on the bench for a long time just watching the other splay and then you get this little time and nice you want to make most of it you're one hundred percent committed. a commitment shared by everyone in the health while the team is eager to take home gold come march he already has his prize at home in the moscow region margaret howell r.t. . the both the olympic and paralympic games fast approaching don't forget to follow the amazing journey of the olympic flame we've been following it on line tests the best bits of the longest torch relay in the history of the game at r.t.e.

dot com. the olympic torch is on its epic journey. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand one hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand kilometers. in a record setting trip by land air see another slate. olympic torch relay. on r r. r. coming up in the program poor planning german taxpayers grow weary of handing over huge amounts of public cash for nationwide construction projects that end up busting their budgets many times over.

sixteen percent imports came from. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on the territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. good lumber tourny to mccurry was able to build a most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only on the.

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international image for efficiency and quality but behind the stereotype often lies a different story some taxpayers are complaining national projects are costing them billions thanks to bad planning participator all over looks at the price the events leading economies pays when it comes to construction. if you listen to the politicians germany's ruling in it but if you believe those following the money trail is a different story. the mainly it's a problem with cost estimates they use the wrong data they start building and eventually the right of money and then talks peers have to pick up the bill. currently germany has one of the biggest construction sector is in europe. but all around the country there's evidence that those in charge of the purse strings on the best to make building decisions this building site will eventually become books

premie a concert hall however it's already over ten times its original budget it's set to cost close to a billion euro it's not just the grand artistic projects that have cost the big money here in ne tourist information booth has already cost taxpayers around one and a half million euro for the ultimate in modern german construction white elephants look no further than right here at the brandenburg airport grossly over budget already four years behind schedule it's currently costing nearly one million euro a day to run and that's without any planes or passengers on to those a train tunnel in light zigged that ended up five hundred million over budget that had expected in two thousand and five the german reputation for efficiency to hold up when it comes to construction those running for election this year the e.u.

parliament believes those in power don't have the required skills to decide on huge projects it's not their money they can dream they can plan they can make. each and every kind of. drafts. because they don't have to paid for four years before eight years as long as a project is not finished and the final bill but they are fighting for the story it's not over the top it's a toy how about additional costs increase the national debt so talk years have to be twice first pay the interest on the debt then again on the extra cost of those planning to deploy those familiar with the construction. of that if you plan as you go it's always more expensive than. she was sworn in as chancellor for a third time late last year and promised five billion to fix up germany's rule adds germans will have no idea how much that promise and eventually cost them peter all

of a. russian vessel is slowly maneuvering out of the icy grasp that has been trapped and since december i changed when help set free after attempts by australian and chinese icebreakers to rescue the scientific vessel failed the full story is that our team. also in mind glenn greenwald says he has many war explosive revelations from edward snowden up his sleeve including some that would put israel and i'm very uncomfortable situation and what else to expect from the n.s.a. leaks on the website. right on the scene. first for you and i think you're. on our reporters with their. instrument.

to be in the. syria is making headway with its chemical disarmament the first batch of toxic arms has been transported out of the country on a nato military ship meanwhile diplomatic efforts which are focused on the upcoming geneva two peace conference have a new issue to deal with turkey's prime minister has suddenly renewed calls for regime change in syria although analysts say he's just trying to draw attention from problems at home. it's hardly surprising that arizona would come up with such a ridiculous line he's been behaving mostly radically since the very start of the war. talking about regime change is not on the agenda obviously we're doing this himself on the threshold in turkey for the last legion we're told he was returning to the stage of course he contacts political producer one size fits

ridiculous missions. because you never know. absolutely possible the state is you the only way you can have regime train in syria is if the regime is overthrown as it were that hasn't all this is not the case they failed to do the syrian army and talk about regime change really on health benefits to. some other world news in brief this hour in egypt ousted president mohamed morsi back in court over the deaths of protesters outside the presidential palace in two thousand and twelve the trial originally began in november but was a joint after morsi declared himself the legitimate leader and refused to wear a prisoner's uniform he also faces several other criminal charges and could face the death penalty if proven guilty morsy supporters are plenty more mass marches in the protest. at least nine people are dead in india after a fire broke out on

a passenger train and spread to three coaches it was on its way from mumbai to the country's north other passengers were evacuated and continued with their journey in the remaining carriages the cause of the fire is as yet unknown in december at least twenty six people died after another train caught a blaze in the country's south. in britain a u.s. military helicopter has crashed into a bird sanctuary on the east coast killing all four crew members chopper was reportedly flying low during a training mission although the exact cause of the incident is not yet apparent least cordon off the area over concerns that live ammunition onboard. are militias have vowed to protect oil. bankers loading up at rebel controlled ports in libya's east that's after warning shots were fired on one tanker approaching the eastern coast in a defiance of a ban imposed by the country's government tribal leaders challenge this time to a government last november and announced plans to start selling crude independently

libya's remain volatile since the toppling and murder of moammar gadhafi in twenty eleven. have an axe an in-depth look at towing of the most violent cities in the united states. some of the sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing and. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. coupon for them to enter our territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe.

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as part of their mission to transform the state juvenile justice system j.p.l. hold fairs to educate young people about how the law can affect the lives and a number of national studies have looked at the fact that when you take a child away from their community you take them out of school you take them away from any support system they're often housed in inhumane or brutal conditions rarely get adequate education or treatment you're disrupting their lives without actually providing them with any positive interventions are positive supports and so what happens is that upon release they're even less prepared to deal with society too often with time in jail in the criminal record many youth find it hard to finish school or to find employers that will hire them.

one block away from the prison is liberty's kitchen and organization dedicated to helping at risk right now a lot of various oh i'm sorry scream i pad but i'm going to do a lot of law but i was on a gun charge i want it out for thought i'm bad police. dog and ization trained sixteen to twenty year olds in a working restaurant work often begins with a group discussion over a daily quote it's easier to build strong children than the paper of good men is easy to build strong children in the fear broken men liberty's kitchen aims to put you on a road to a self-sufficient life you know mongul school right now because their money that you make a lot of the young people i work with don't have examples only models of people get up go to work every day they young sixteen seventeen years old so naturally they don't have work experience a lot of folks don't want to because you have to make a commitment to training and that's the stuff of that everybody's will and will do

for kids who don't have support it can be hard to live up to the requirements of probationary period. so that means that they do check in once a week drug court so they've got to go to drug class once we. get those three points that that will happen you still have fines and fees that hussle be for the fees hussle does that mean that you want to do this of the league so that increases the likelihood of you being picked up again same thing over and over for kids who need income selling drugs often seems like the only available job as i was thirteen i got in a game with twenty doubt it was a twenty dollar flip around what they call a flip of twenty dollars could you could break them a hair and make two twenty on the rocks so if i had twenty eight out of i'm going to flip a rock break and i have to make four take effort to get to know flip a great american now i've got eight but i didn't make the five sales and i don't terry much when i was out.